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By Your Side By Ruth Jones<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Genre – Women’s Fiction<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My Rating – \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I had the incredible chance to dive
\ninto an advance copy of Ruth Jones’s, By Your side, thanks to Netgalley and Random
\nHouse UK, Transworld Publishers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Due to be released on 22nd May 2025<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>This is the third book that I have read by Ruth
\nJones and it really did not disappoint. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Synopsis<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Linda and Levi will never meet. But
\nthey\u2019re going to change each other\u2019s lives.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In her role at the council\u2019s Unclaimed
\nHeirs Unit, Linda Standish investigates the lives of those who\u2019ve died alone
\nand tracks down any living relatives. She\u2019s been a friend to the friendless for
\nthe past thirty-three years. And now she\u2019s looking forward to an early
\nretirement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But before she hangs up her lanyard,
\nLinda takes on one last case \u2013 that of Levi Norman \u2013 a Welshman who made his
\nhome on a remote Scottish island for the past five years.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What brought Levi here? And who did he
\nleave behind? Obliged to travel (by hearse) with her arch nemesis Fergus
\nMurray, and helped (and hindered) by local residents, Linda searches for clues
\nto a life now lost. And in the process unexpectedly makes new friends, and
\ndiscovers things about herself she never knew.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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My Review<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What a compelling, emotional yet
\nheart-warming story of love, family relationships, life struggles and community
\nspirit. It had me living in Linda\u2019s shoes from start to finish. With characters
\nthat were realistic and relatable, it had me gripped. I struggled to put it
\ndown, read it within 24 hours and just needed to find out, who was Levi Norman,
\ndid Linda manage to solve the case, was there a happy ever after for Linda and Brodie?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ruth wrote this book in such an
\nempathetic way. She gave me a real mix of emotions from smirking at the antics
\nto shedding a tear at the heart wrenching situations. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I think this book may stay with me for
\na while yet!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you Netgalley
\nand Random House UK, Transworld Publishers<\/span> for the opportunity to read and review
\nthis advance copy. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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